otosteal
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otosteal (plural otosteals)
- (anatomy) An auditory ossicle.
- 1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton:
- the otosteals , or ossicula auditus, have borne a prominent share in the discussions
References[edit]
“otosteal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.